Safety mad Britain, and the Claimant Society.

Today I read of a Pantomime Society, who have for years put on a pantomime at the local theatre, raising money for good causes, who have had to ban the throwing of sweets from the stage, a traditional part of pantomime, because of the cost of insuring aginst claims from the public, for possible injury incurred. There is no record of anyone ever being injured by a flying sweet, but you never know.
Where will it all end? How did us kids from the 30s, and the 2nd world war survive? Could we have claimed against a government that night after night allowed mobile anti-aircraft guns to roam the streets of our estate, pumping up exploding shells, that rained shrapnel down on us, and every clear moonlight night lit oilburning stoves at 50 yard intervals along the street, to fill our valley with thick. black, diesel smoke to prevent the German bombers finding the local munitions factory ? How many incidents of lung cancer did that cause , I wonder.
Could I claim for my colon cancer, because of the wartime diet, the lack of fresh fruit, meat , dairy products, the meager allowances of staples etc. it was surely an offence against our human rights to be subject to the things we all cheerfully accepted.

And what about the imposed National Service, where for years after the war, thousands of 18yr olds like me were called up to serve in the armed forces for 2 yrs. with no option, treated like sub humans by power mad NCOs, with primitive basic pay and conditions, and shipped off to all parts of the compass to uphold the fading Empire. With never so much as an official recognition at the end. Was'nt that a breach of our human rights? Human rights were'not very high on the agenda in those days, we would just grin and bare it, and get on with it, no one ever
dreamed of sueing anyone for careers put on hold, loss of earnings, or for being run ragged, and subject to harsh military discipline.

Try that on todays youth, who would definately be improved by it, who need that type of discpiline more than any generation has ever needed it, and there would be an immediate cry of outrage from the wooly liberal nitwits, and lawyers queing up to take on cases of breaches of the Human Rights Laws imposed on us by Europe. Getting fat on legislation designed to weaken this once "Great Britain", because they have been unable to overcome us by any other means in the past. But one must'nt say things like that, it's no longer P>C to promote pride in our achievements, but take every opertunity to apologise for them. And our present day leaders miss no opertunity to do just that.
Good here, ennit .